The Dillon tribune., 1887-06-24
..,..,A IN NEW YORK.

1''' ,,..k.s,,cr. Tells Of Ills
s,e.'', ',.,.... s... ''ir':.s'"',..',,.. .,,,, .nx
:, !, ,ss,ails ~ impress,Cn% rsn,alao is,' book 1
upe Who s ~, + can go about the seco'!u :'s =.
chen he sees es,,cs = and pick up bargains III
hand bcok s,:. a l. altogether q mistaken
nlenty. IN Ih,s trouble is that 50 many 90
ssn% sss' ssteqsk snen ne II t's rare depiss.
. .rc q at least q majority oe ..
Booksi.. =. know the relative values , OF
them-noSs n ,a Is q lucky collector VINO
tooks, ara o+s ~ = volume much under it's
norso's a; worth Of course .',ls!ens Per
'soa, IT Inherent yane. sh ss ~ s%ns, ',fte,,
:..a s.'s - :. !, rule the deasa Pe' ''&'
,hc'gn. . town !. bookseller who deals IN
4 down - ,,c,ks. old and new. said to
u klncs Is. - wlm asked him for u certain
'he ,!,.s',' ~.'..I .s1.,,x-atl ela4eic, 4l.s s a
.dbacl., q g y. Ispk kere here TT: Kdnld lase
u u 'nsJ IA long before this. We have ,s:'a
been e. sJ.a ,",sn a men in here already to-day,
halt u1a. ser rore old books. You have no
eok'ne coz he,s ~ many come in every day on that
'des ns ~" They They o,.ne-~ia "saral l = .l'ensl an
t''a.''. ta''r 's.ometin,es.two@ aockins %'ver.c cur
hoa., tt,.,,. They rarely tell us what they
'ne..r. "tt.r There arc some old gentle
nc a.,h '.ho visit us regularly about three
..as nea -. : week. They knoY our, stock as
'ass 49, : weido ot,rsilscs.s Eot one q them
~ W morn tl,an a half a dozen volumes y
my. M ,.,t 4iry scen tc-bc quite satisfied
s;h VA what ii. they get for their labor. OF
H"m ..rs. u;c hayc a great many transcicnt
tns V,,a,s IN the same crrand. t often
,a'se mstes mo laugh to seq them looking wise
'us1, wa eagerly going over the shelves, evil
w.. aan,lv nmlcr the impression that they arc
: unexplorcd fields. Just us likely rs
nrt ~ so,nc one, who A1.ows Il good thing
~hon ~ \, sces II, has x,cn all over the
hols s' half .apJ,oqr le6ere. Some Of them
ii. M every volume II. their hands and
~, ~ oyer q few pages. A. good many
.ome - II inst to have IL lcok ut the hooks.
Tsere 1rc ,,rscru, s,lous dealers. and when
they sec tl,af a ,nan wants Il particular
inck I ii,ey ,:is, il,c price on him.
Mt vour regular hook collector isn't
.reen. Many time have seA, him try
a ipg 10 get a valuable edition Of some |ank
hy uciesling that it was common. de-
pentding on the dealer, ignorance mot to
now it's worth. l remember once / had
volume of the "Tattler = that was very
IA and worn, and thought it was wortl,
Ad$ hadn't it long when one OF
nv old visitors came III. He knew nearly
ii nv stock and he must have seen this
.Tsttler 4 at once, but he passed it by
without 60 mucl, as touching it. Then he
came back and. contrary to his custom,
rnarked that he didn't SEQ anything he
wanted. He was just going out of tho
br when hc suddenly turned round and
nd that he had forgotten to get 4 book
that bis wife wanted. While l was wrap
pag it up he picked up the volume Of tho
'Isttler" IN a careless way, saying
"Ah, here is another Ut t!.esx: copies of th<
'lattler. It's good deal like the ono
lhye At home. but mine w worn out
This one il only y little Letter, but yo,
viii be sure to let me have it cheap and
might as well take it along
"Just as YOU like" / replied. carelessly
Yea can havc it for $5." OF course, h
vas thlnlerstruck; surely, I was maxim.
amistakc, and all that sort Of thing. Blu
wouldn't bulge, and hc gave me IN.
Price with very bad grace. The fact is
these old collectors don't half care Tor I
hook unless they get it Mt price the.
think away below cost. Then they 9
away chuckling ut what they call thei
superior discernment.
Where do you get these old hooks? =
was asked.
From tho libraries Of these very me-
who collect them. When they die thci
libraries arc often sold with tho rest g
their effects, and usually at ridiculorsl
low figures. Tho men who buy old fun
mture often get them for nothing stowe
away IN drawers. Anyhow, they s..ll fc
very little when disposed Of by an art
maeer who knows nothing about then
lou scc, most of our customers arc con
!asadvely poor men, who often get
toos that they prize ut the sacrifice of
meal. Cor. New York Commercial Al
vertiser.
Flowers In EnglaMai.
A writer in The London Daily New
mentioning the wonderful increase (
m%ers in England which modern !lM
cuitNre has ll.Myht alsy,,t. snvs. s:R